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Most of the Airliners that work out of NEMA (despite the NIMBY protests of it being inundated with old night freight planes) are pretty powerful beasts so they get airborne well early along the runway. The odd aircraft such as the DC8 take longer, or the First Choice 767 on the way to Orlando.
Having been a LGW resident for many years (one runway and ten-twenty times as busy as NEMA) i remember many a day watching the Braniff 747 take up all the runway before it departed. Then many years at EMA I remember watching the BMI and Omega Boeing 707s take all the runway length to get airborne.
At Miami I recall DC6's being at about 500 foot over Miami Beach, 5 miles from the Airport.
Ah fond memories.
Anyway back to the subject. Its at Filton by the sounds of it. If its coming up North again I'll post another message and we can go and pole it!
